Ballot Question 1B

Shall Montrose County taxes be increased $5,200,000 annually beginning in 2008 and by such amounts as are received in any year thereafter by the imposition of a 0.75% sales tax to be used exclusively for capital expenditures or operational costs associated with public safety organizations, as such term is defined in section 30-11-107.9, Colorado Revised Statutes, including the Sheriff's office, the Regional Dispatch Center, the Drug Task Force, rural medical clinics, the District Attorney's office, the Judicial District, the Coroner's office, or any other public entity dedicated to providing services related to public safety, public health, or emergency management at the county or local level, with no less than 70% of the annual revenue of such tax being dedicated to the Montrose County Sheriff's office; shall such tax commence on January 1, 2008 and be imposed as follows: a sales tax at a rate of 0.75% on the sale of tangible person property of retail and services taxable in the county pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-26-104, Colorado Revised Statutes, provided that this question does not authorize the county to increase any other fee or tax, including property taxes; and shall this tax increase constitute a voter approved revenue change and exception to the limits that otherwise would apply to the county under Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution, commonly known as the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights or "TABOR"; all in accordance with the resolution adopted by the board of County Commissioners of Montrose County and set forth in Resolution No. 109-2007?